Curtain mounting



E. ZUCCA 1,791,543

CURTAIN MOUNTING Filed April 22, 1927 Eu s E' INVENTOR [Ffm Zucca {nal/mHum/#4cm ATTORNEY III IPIIIMH4II HIIIIIIIIIII| Feb. 10, 1931.

Patented Feb. 10, 1931 PATENT oFFIc E EMIL ZUCCA, or NEW YORK, N. Y. i

CURTAIN MOUNTING Application led April 22,

'p *My invention relates to curtain mountings, and-admits' of generaluse'upon curtains ot many diiiferentf'kinds and employed invari- Ousrelations throughout? many different arts. More particularly stated Iseek to produce a curtain mounting torso supporting a curtain as toenable the latter to be adjusted easily by hand and yet to maintain thecurtain as nearly as practicable air tight.

My'inventicn further comprehends giving tothe curtain and the means formounting the same, such form as to greatly improve the eiciency of thecurtain, and to accomplish a number of other purposes, all ashereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out inthe appendedclaims. Y

Reference is made to the accompanying `draw-ing'forminga part of thisspecication, and in lwhich-like reference characters indilcate likeparts throughout ally of the figures.

Figurerl'is a` Jfront elevation of my improved curtain mounting, adaptedin this instance for use upon a window, certain parts being broken awayand others shown in section, asthe curtain mounting is seen by a personstanding in the room and looking towardthe window.

kFigure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated bythearrows.

Figure 3 is a section on the'line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated bythe arrows. y f

Figure 4 is a front view, partly in section and partly in elevation,showing in detail certain parts which appear in Figure 1, the scale kofFigure 4 being somewhat larger. V'A curtain 5, which is flexible andpractically opaque to light, is at one of'its ends connected with aroller 6, and so arranged as to be readily wound upon and unwound fromsaidrolleiw f The-roller 6 ispreferablylof the type known generallyin`this art as a Hartshorn shade rellene; donotdeemitn ecessaryto describetends entirely through the tube 16.

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this roller further than to say that the `'curtain tain, and is wound upby the/automatic rotation ofy the A roller, which is always under springtension. In practice thek operator merely grasps the lower portion ofthecurtain andpulls it downward in order to unwind the curtain. In order tocause the curtain to be wound up he gives its lower end a slight jerkVdownward, and then quickly raises the lower end of the curtain to theheight desired for it, the slack of the curtain being taken upautomatically by the rotation of the roller, as above stated.

The portion of the curtain taken up by the roller and thus wound aroundthe same, is shown at 7.

The rollerf is supported upon bearings 8, 9,'which are mountedoppositely to each other in a 'roller casing 10.

"The roller casing 10 is provided with a door 11 mounted upon hinges 12.By opening this door, access may be had to the roller and other partshoused within the roller casmg.

"The curtain 5 is at its lower end provided with a portion 13, bent backupon itself and "provided at 14 with stitches, being thus formed/'into asleeve. Extending through this sleeve isa bar 15 made preferably ofwood, and also a tube 16, made preferably of metal and rather heavy.

o A curtain rod 17, having a length a little greaterthan the width ofthe curtain, eX-

This curtain rod carries at its ends a pair of'metallic knobs 18, 18,each of substantially spherical form.

By means of stitches 19 the material of the curtain isV drawn ratherclosely around the adjacent portionsof the curtain rod, and is therebyformed into two neck portions 20, 2O,ffitting4 closely around thecurtain rod, asindicated in Figures 3 and 4.

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I provide four j amb pieces 21, 22, 23 and 24, and ar ange them asindicated in Figure 3. The jamb pieces 21 and 22 are secured togetherand thus made pizuftica'liv into a single piece. Similarly the jambpieces 23 and 24 are secured together, and may be considered asessentially one piece. A connecting strip 26 is secured to the jambpieses 21 and 22, and a connecting strip 27 is secured to the j ambpieces 23 and 24.

Thus are formed two complete jambs of composite form, these two jambsbeing designated respectively'as 28 and 29, as indicated moreparticularly in Figure 3.

The two jambs just mentioned are each provided with a slot 30 having anenlarged portion 31 in the form of a :substantially cylindrical holeintowhich the slot 30 is merged.

The'metallic knobs 18, 18,'V are litted slidably into the enlargedportion 31 of the slots 30, and the edges of the curtain 5 extend outinto the slots 3G. For this purpose the width of the curtain is somewhatgreater than the distance between the two ambs. The idea is that theedges of the curtain shall extend out far enough into the respectiveliambs to prevent windV from blowing around the edges of the curtain,and to render the latter as nearly as practicable dustV proof.

Screws 25.701' equivalent fastenings are used for holding togethervarious wooden parts constituting'the two jambs.

The two jambs are provided with a pair of rounded shoulders, exactlyalike, one of them being shown at 32, ineFigure 2. The purpose of theserounded shoulders is to guide the curtain 5 in its movements. Myimproved curtain mounting in its entirety may be fitted upon a pair ofwindow j'ambs`33, 33, as indicated in Figure 1, or it may be fitted intoanylsort ofopeningY used as a window or a door. It may be used uponhouses, railroad cars, automobiles, refrigerators, and in variousrelations upon ships, boats and other vessels. In fact my device may beemployed upon or within almost any kind of a structure upon which anYadjustable curtain is desirable. l

The operation of my device maybe understood from the foregoingdescription. The various parts'being formed and arranged as shown, thedevice is ready fer use.

The'operator, in order to raise or lower the curtain, proceeds in thesameY manner as he would to raise or lower any other curtain mountedupon a spring roller of the general type here contemplated.

Neither the curtain nor any movable part connected with it can readilybe dislodged or misplaced by action ot the wind, or by any sort ofaccidental disturbance. If the wind blows against the curtain, thecurtain does not Hex, buckle, bend or become distorted to anyappreciable extent, the action of the wind being resisted in much thesame manner as it Weies would be by a pane of glass. Thus the windcannot blow around the edges of the curtain, the curtain cannot rattleor become noisy7 and it stays firmly in whatever position it is movedinto, from time to time, by the operator. The knobs 1S, 18, being alwaystho same distance apart, cannot pull sidewise upon the curtain, and anytendency of one of these knobs to pull the curtain sidewise is balancedby the similar but contrary tendency of the other knob. Such being thecase, it follows that each edge ot the curtain extends to the samedistance into the adjacent jamb as the opposite edge of the curtainextends into the opposite jamb. It also follows that the knobs so coactwith the jambs as to prevent the edges of the curtain from beingwithdrawn from the slots.

The weight of the curtain rod 17 and the two knobs 1S, 18, together withthe weight of the metallic tube 16, and wooden barl, is adequate to keepthe curtain taut at all times and under all conditions.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, as variationsmay be made therein without departing from my invention, the scope ofwhich is commensurate with' my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a curtain mounting the combination of a pair of jambs providedwith slots, said slots extending into said jambs and having enlargedportions therein, a curtain rod extending across from one jamb to theother and reaching into said slots of said jambs, said curtain rod beingprovided at its ends with enlarged portions fitting into said enlargedportions of said slots, a curtain movY able relatively to said jambs andprovided with edge portions extending into said slots and slidabletherein as said curtain is moved relatively to said ambs, and a tubularmember encircling said curtain rod and carried therewith by saidcurtain, said tubular member having a length less than the width of saidcurtain, the edge portions of said' curtain, where they reach into theslots of said jambs, extending beyond the ends of said tubular member.

2. In a curtain mounting the combination, with a pair of jambs havingslots, a curtain movable relatively to said ambs and extending well intosaid slots, and a curtain rod carred by said curtain and extending intosaid slots, of a tubular member encircling said curtain rod and.therewith carried by Said curtain, the length of said tubular memberbeing less than the distance between said jambe.

3. In a curtain mounting the combination, with a pair oi ambs havingslots and a curtain movable relatively to said jambs and having edgeportions extending into said slots, of a curtain rod carried by saidcurtain and extending into said slots, of a tubular member and a barCarried by said Curtain rofl, and each having a length less than thewidth of said curtain and less than the clistance between said jambs,said curtain being bent back upon itself so as to encircle said bar andsacltubular member, and secured by stitching.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 21st (lay of April, 1927.

EMIL ZUCCA.

